Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

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On January 6, 2009, President George W. Bush established the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The monument incorporates approximately 86,888 square miles within its boundaries, which extend 50 nautical miles from the mean low water lines of Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands; Johnston, Wake, and Palmyra Atolls; and Kingman Reef (see maps). For information on the refuges within the monument, click on the above refuge links. On September 25, 2014, the Obama Administration expanded the monument.